View Full Version : Marine Corps Wants New Growler Jeep
10thzodiac
08-30-06, 06:15 PM
It will have no doors no windows no armor and will cost as much as a fully armored Humvee and cost the same $127,000. The Marine Corps wants to be ready for future conflicts and is spending $277, 000,000 for them. It looks somewhat like a WW II Jeep. It has blast proof seats in case you run over a mine.The nice thing is you will not have any trouble seeing out of them.
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Source: Network News this evening
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10thZodiac
thedrifter
08-30-06, 06:20 PM
Thanks 10th
Ellie
10thzodiac
08-30-06, 06:52 PM
The Growler is expected to be deployed with the V-22 in 2007
Picture
http://www.angelfire.com/biz7/troopgear/151s.html
outlaw3179
08-30-06, 10:50 PM
I saw this on CBS tonight. Ummm What the f ? I dont understand why the Marine Corps wold want to invest so much money into theese when they pretty cost the same as an up armored humvee. They say that they will primarily be used for areas such as Afghanistan. My question is why would you invest in a vehicle that is primarily going to be used in mountainous terrain when most future conflicts will probably in an urban environment. WTF?
10thzodiac
08-31-06, 06:32 AM
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Here's the USA Today article:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-12-28-corps-jeep_x.htm
ggyoung
08-31-06, 12:47 PM
:cool: Who remember the Marine Mity Mite and the Ontose(sp)? these were all Marine things that nobody else had. So was the Howtar.
greensideout
08-31-06, 02:34 PM
:cool: Who remember the Marine Mity Mite and the Ontose(sp)? these were all Marine things that nobody else had. So was the Howtar.
---and the Mule.
FistFu68
08-31-06, 02:39 PM
:evilgrin: DAM:'NUMBA' 10~I GOT'S TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE BAD PUPPIE'S;CAN I BORROW SOME SERIOU'S~CASHISH???MARINE-LOL :evilgrin: WITH THAT I CAN CLEAN THE HOOD~OF~CRACK~DEALER'S!!!
Static_Sky25
08-31-06, 03:41 PM
:cool: Who remember the Marine Mity Mite and the Ontose(sp)? these were all Marine things that nobody else had. So was the Howtar.
scary rigs if your on the wrong end I can imagine lol
FistFu68
08-31-06, 04:13 PM
:evilgrin: THE ONTOS,(THE THING)WAS A REAL BUNKER BUSTER!BUT WHEN THE CHIT HIT THE FAN,IN LEATHERNECK;SQUARE!INDIA/3/26,CAME TOO THE RESCUE OF THE AMERICAL DIV,HAD THE CHANCE OF WITTNESSING,THE "VULCAN" WORK OUT!BADEST,THING SINCE~ARC~LITE,NO CHIT!!! :evilgrin:
10thzodiac
08-31-06, 04:41 PM
http://www.olive-drab.com/images/id_m422_full_375.jpg
M-422 USMC jeeps at Camp Bruno Hochmuth (Phu Bai Combat Base), Vietnam
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Ontos.jpg/300px-Ontos.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ontos.jpg)
Ontos M50A1, the 50-cal spotting rifles can be seen on the upper guns